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Last release
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Observation period
2023
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
3.30% on Dec 31, 2020
Lowest
0.50% on Dec 31, 1990
About Kuwait unemployment rate
In Kuwait, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Kuwait unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Kuwait unemployment rate is 0.50%.
The highest figure Kuwait unemployment rate has ever reached is 3.30%.
In 2023 Kuwait unemployment rate was 2.10%, and the previous year it amounted to 2.20%.